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Z16.5 GAEA & THE CARPI

Gaea & Carpi | Greco-Roman mosaic
DETAILS
Museum Collection Hatay Archaeology Museum, Antakya
Catalogue No. -
Type Mosaic
Context Antioch
Date C4th A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

Gaea (Mother Earth) is attended by a company of Carpi (Fruits of the Earth). The goddess embraces one of the infants, while the rest bear a long weave of grain sheafs. The children are labelled Karpoi in the mosaic.

ARTICLES

Gaea